Payroll Specialist - Impactful, Growth‑Oriented Nonprofit

ACLD; Bethpage (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Training

Tuition Reimbursement

Government Loan Forgiveness

Employee Recognition

Affordable Master’s Degree Program

Job summary

ACLD is a not-for-profit organization employing 1300+ staff with 80+ sites in Nassau and Suffolk. We are seeking a Payroll Specialist to ensure accurate, on-time payroll for our diverse workforce, leveraging ADP and MS Office.

The role offers growth within the payroll and finance team and supports our mission to help individuals reach their goals. The ideal candidate has 3+ years in payroll, strong attention to detail, and excellent communication.

Qualifications

• Must have strong payroll processing experience.
• Detail-oriented with accuracy in pay calculations.
• Ability to learn new payroll systems quickly (e.g., ADP).

Responsibilities

• Process and audit high-volume biweekly payroll, ensuring accurate employee pay, timekeeping, and coding across departments, cost centers, and job codes.
• Review and maintain payroll data, including new hires, terminations, leaves, pay rate changes, PTO balances, department allocations, garnishments, and third-party sick pay.
• Reconcile payroll registers, prepare payroll reports and general ledger journal entries, and ensure timely, accurate payroll processing.
• Process off-cycle payrolls, manual checks, travel reimbursements, referral bonuses, taxable fringe benefits, and termination accrual payouts.
• Collaborate with managers to resolve payroll discrepancies, provide guidance on payroll policies and procedures, and follow up on outstanding payroll matters.
• Support payroll operations through cross-training, special projects, process improvements, and other assigned responsibilities.

Skills

Payroll processing

Timekeeping & coding

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Customer service

Education

High School Diploma

Associate's degree preferred

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

ADP Payroll

MS Office

Job description

ACLD is a not-for-profit organization employing 1300+ staff with 80+ sites in Nassau and Suffolk. We are seeking a Payroll Specialist to ensure accurate, on-time payroll for our diverse workforce, leveraging ADP and MS Office.

The role offers growth within the payroll and finance team and supports our mission to help individuals reach their goals. The ideal candidate has 3+ years in payroll, strong attention to detail, and excellent communication.